On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 18:26 -0500, Dave Donovan wrote:

> Most homes I've seen don't have a home run cable for each phone jack.
> One solution for this is to deliver the unfiltered signal on pair 2
> (the outside pair, black/yellow I think) and then put the filtered
> signal on pair 1.  Then all you have to do is rig something up at the
> modem jack so that lines 1 and 2 are swapped.
> 
> Having said all that, a bix tool costs aroun $60-$90 so if you don't
> have one you could save yourself some coin and grief by just springing
> for the extra filters.


Most homes also do not have a bix, so I doubt you would need a bix
tool.Just grab a couple of surface-mount phone jacks, wire it up like
Dave suggests and put the filter between them.

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